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Ray Charles has 72 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart.…
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Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it…
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There's nothing written in the Bible, Old or New testament, that says, 'If you believe in Me, you ain't going to have…
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What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light…
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My music had roots which I'd dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.
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Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you…
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I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.
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There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.
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My version of 'Georgia' became the state song of Georgia. That was a big thing for me, man. It really touched me.…
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Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.
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Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.
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What makes my approach special is that I do different things. I do jazz, blues, country music and so forth. I do…
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Music's been around a long time, and there's going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to…
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I didn't want to be a big record mogul and all that stuff. I just wanted to write songs and make people…
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If you come from Africa with your economic poverty and your cultural riches, and you meet someone like Peter Gabriel or a…
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I had pretty much raised my kids and my first wife and I were divorced, so I began, in earnest, to start…
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I had already done Rainbow in Curved Air and had a big record on CBS. I was launched to have a long…
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I've had big record label presidents look me in the face and say, 'Your music sucks, you don't know who you are,…
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'The Black Parade' is an epic, theatrical, orchestral, big record that is also a concept album.
— Gerard Way
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I think the good thing about the Internet is to give something away and to sell something else. Get a business model…
— Roger McGuinn
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The record company started as an adjunct to that, to give young composers their first recorded performances; to give young musicians their…
— Gunther Schuller
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